Nino Muñoz

Who is Nino Muñoz?

Nino Muñoz is a fashion, celebrity, and beauty photographer. He was born in Chile and raised in Western Canada. In the mid 1990s, he moved to New York City to begin his career in photography. There, he studied under American fashion photographer Bob Richardson, and went on to photograph stories for many well-known magazines, including InStyle, Harper's Bazaar, Giant, Wallpaper, Jalouse, Numero, Muse, Vogue, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times Magazine.

In 1999, Muñoz's got his first professional assignment: shooting a fashion story for British Vogue with Gisele Bündchen. In 2008, Muñoz and Bündchen collaborated to celebrate the 30th anniversary of American Photo magazine. Muñoz has continued to work with Bündchen throughout his career and has photographed some of Hollywood's finest such as, Tom Cruise, Hilary Swank, Leonardo DiCaprio, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Adrien Brody, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sam Rockwell, Jay-Z, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Daniel Craig, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

In a story on Muñoz called "Coasting West," the photography journal PhotoIcon wrote: "The extensive beaches of Southern California and the glitter of Los Angeles was a spiritual homecoming for Nino Muñoz. His experience of New York's fashion world made the move to photographing the Hollywood celebrity circuit a natural progression—and Nino's natural charm and warm personality has made him a popular society snapper in Hollywood."